English Explanatory Dictionary

portobello

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The large, mature form of the crimini mushroom (Agaricus bisporus)
name
  1. An area of Birtley, Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2755).
  2. A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9597).
  3. A coastal suburb in Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3073).
  4. A suburb of Dublin, Ireland.
  5. A village on Otago Harbour, Otago region, New Zealand.

Word forms

portobello portobellos portabella portabello

Etymology

In use by 1985. Uncertain origin. Possibly a marketing name; possibly from dialectal Italian pratarolo (“meadow mushroom”), ultimately from Latin pratum (“meadow”). It has also said to be named after Portobello Road in London, which originally led to the Porto Bello House.

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